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Green Does Not Mean Go

Periodical: The Architectural Review

Green building technology is a rapidly advancing industry within architecture. Newly public information on climate change creates the need for new technologies and innovative design. In recent years, green technology has become the focus for architectural design. If a building included enough green and sustainable technologies it was deemed successful, or at least progressive. This, in conjunction with the desire to create iconic, unique buildings drives the architecture industry to use the most cutting-edge and bold technologies, materials, and methods to achieve success. Such desire has created a culture of non-sustainable design. Simply incorporating green building technology into a design does not automatically qualify the architectural design as sustainable.

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Axel, Baek

1. LEED does not promote good practice of sustainability

2. Using local ‘non green’ materials is more sustainable than imported ‘green’ materials

3. Health and environmental calamities can be greatly resourced and helped by responsible architects through architectural means and procedures.

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4. Food security and scarcity is a rising and current issue in Asia, in which architecture is the key solution to the problem and benefit in various scales.

5. Computers and computer aided design have expanded the realm of architectural design